Improvement in balances



R. SEALER. BALANCE.

No. 51,226. Patented Nov. 28, 1865.

UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN SEALER, or MADISON, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT lN BALANCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 5 I ,226, dated November 28, 1865.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN SEALER, of Madison, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful'lmprovement in Weighin g-Scales and I dohereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, andwhich said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

- Figure 1, a frontview; Fig. 2,the same view with the dial removed to show the working parts; Fig. 3, a top view, the pan broken to show the working parts; Fig. 4, a side view.

My invention relates'to an improvement in counter-scales, or such as are used for light weights, its object being to reduce the friction upon the bearings.

In the ordinary scales the heari'n gs are so arranged that the article to be weighed increases the friction in proportion as the, article is heavier, for the reason that the bearings support the weight. By my invention the bearings are arranged, so that the weight upon the bearings is the same, or nearly so, under allcircumstances, and consequently the friction is the same.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my improvement, I will proceed to fully describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the base which supports the scale, B the, pan or plate upon which the article is placed, 0 the dial upon which the weight is indicated, and D the indicator. I v

E is a support resting upon the base A; F, a similar support," upon which the pan B is placed, but independent of the base A. The

support F is placed at a little distance from the support E, as seen in Fig. 3.

Between the twosupportsF ndEare placed parallel bars G Gr, resting in; notches a, as seen iii-Fig. 2, constructed in ,fimilar manner as the bearings of ordinary-scales, and are prevented from displacement by a curvature upon either side, which pass outside of oars I and I. (See Figs. 2 and 4.)

Upon the lower end of the bar} and upon the upper end of the bar I a projection, 61, is formed, between which a spring, S, is fixed, secured to each of the projections cl at the required tension, so that any article'placed upon the pan B would depress the pan and extend the spring S in proportion to its weight.

To the support.F a toothed rack, L, (see Figs. 2 and 4,) is fixed, which gears into a pinion, it,

(see Fig. 2,) to which the indicatonD is at-' tached, so that when the pan B is depressed the indicator D will be proportionately turned around the dial (3, indicating the weight or force of the depression.

' The spring S may be arranged with screws for the purpose of adjustment in a common and well known manner.

The combination of the supportsIE and F,

the parallel bars G G, and a spring, S, or its equivalent, arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

REUBEN SEALER.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, MARY A. HlNE. 

